| Can't do without Pranab | 22-NOV-09 |
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| For the past one-and-a-half months, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has stopped her informal interactions with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee after a sharp exchange on telephone over a municipal election issue. But Banerjee had to budge as she found it difficult to deal with other ministers without the help of Mukherjee. Banerjee wanted a meeting with Law Minister Veerappa Moily but the latter started avoiding her. She had no other choice but to request Mukherjee to arrange the meeting. Mukherjee, the number two minister in UPA, obliged, and the meeting was scheduled in his room in Parliament House on Friday. |
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| Railways white paper: Finances may not be so rosy | 17-NOV-09 |
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| The much-awaited white paper on railways is likley to be tabled in the coming session of Parliament, bringing forth its financial position and former minister Lalu Prasad's claim of turning around the PSU behemoth. |
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| Empty berths | 17-NOV-09 |
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| It is well known that both Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee and Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister MK Alagiri fail to attend the weekly Cabinet meetings. At a recent meeting of the Cabinet, when both were missing, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee was upset enough to say that all members of the Cabinet were expected to attend Cabinet meetings. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh instructed Cabinet Secretary KM Chandrashekhar to convey the sentiments of the finance minister to the absentee members. |
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| Mamata faces singer MP's music, plays down issue | 17-NOV-09 |
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| Embarrassed by a surprise attack from her party MP, Kabir Suman, on the work culture in the Trinamool Congress (TC), party chief Mamata Banerjee tried to diffuse the situation by giving him a “guest” status in the party. |
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| Mamata gets 'culture' shock | 17-NOV-09 |
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| Embarrassed by the surprised attack by her party MP Kabir Suman on the working culture of the TMC, Mamata Banerjee tried to diffuse the situation by giving him a ‘guest’ status in her party. “He is not a member of our party, he is a man from the cultural world. He is a honored guest of our party,” said Mamata. |
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| T N Ninan: No one barked | 14-NOV-09 |
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| If you’re looking for the dog that did not bark, look no further than the (lack of) response to the government’s recent economic policy pronouncements. Two weeks ago, the home minister announced the Cabinet’s decision to list on the stock market all qualifying (e.g. profitable) state-owned companies, with a minimum float of 10 per cent. Already listed companies with a smaller float would take up their public stake to 10 per cent. |
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| Mamata moots rail coach factory in Singur | 14-NOV-09 |
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| Setting up of a rail coach factory in collaboration with the West Bengal government or on the public-private-partnership model at the abandoned Tata Motors’ Nano project site at Singur was today mooted by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee. |
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| Subir Roy: Romancing the railways | 13-NOV-09 |
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| The romance of train journeys, warts and all, came back to me recently. A hastily planned trip to Mumbai, only sky-high air fares available for the return journey, more time on a retiree’s hands, and by some stroke of luck — maybe because people hadn’t cottoned on to it — reservation to Howrah available in the very new Duronto. And so there I was, lugging my malfunctioning American Tourister contraption which would not stroll, at grand old VT, CST if you want to be politically correct and dodge the ire of MNS, looking forward to 26 hours of alternately reading Paul Krugman on the return of Depression Economics and dozing off. |
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| Many Naxalites have joined us, says Mamata | 12-NOV-09 |
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| Welcoming the return of a section of Naxalites to main stream politics, Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee today said the role reversal would strengthen the democratic system in the country. |
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| Pranab Mukherjee says operations at Lalgarh to continue | 12-NOV-09 |
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| Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's reservations over anti-Naxalite operations in Paschim Medinipur district notwithstanding, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the drive to flush out Naxalites will continue till the situation was brought under control. |
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